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The Century

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ID #: 
133
Film Type: 
DVD
Playing Time: 
46 Min.
Release Date: 
1999
Color or BW: 
Color and B&W
Description: 
Seeds of Change How did the 20th century change theway Americans live? This program examines daily life during the early 1900s-when William McKinley was President, a loaf of bread cost only a few cents, horsepower really meant horsepower, flying to the moon was the stuff of dreams, and the average life span was only 45 years-while looking ahead to the decades of changes yet to come. (46 min.) 1999.
Keywords: 
1900s, 20th century, 45 years life span, decades of changes to come
Notes: 
1 of 15-part retroprospective by Peter Jennings.